Halloween is Watch Too Cute! Super Rare! She Was Crazy About The Cats On A Date At A Cat Cafe Onlinehands-down one of the best holidays, especially for kids.
The holiday is centered around dressing up, using your imagination and being a little weird. On top of that, there's the best part: unlimited candy.
But if you're planning on passing out candy to hardworking trick-or-treaters this year, please avoid the following at all costs. Your young neighbors will be extremely grateful.
You May Also Like
1. Necco Wafers
Necco Wafers have been around since 1847, which was probably an excellent candy in the year 1847. They taste like chalk, and anyone who defends these candies is either 150 years old or enjoys licking chalkboards.
Disgusting. Credit: APAP Photo/Charles Krupa 2. Smarties
Similar to Necco Wafers, Smarties have a distinct chalky texture that should never, ever go inside your mouth unless you're eating Tums.
Ew. Credit: Smarties 3. Candy Buttons
Unsurprisingly, these pieces of sugar attached to paper are actually made by Necco Wafers. While the candy is passable, it's basically glued to a piece of paper, which is impossible to completely detach.
Mmmm, paper. Credit: AP 4. Candy corn
Do we really need to explain?
Gag. Credit: PR NEWSWIRE 5. Mellowcreme Pumpkins
See above.
Double gag. Credit: Amazon 6. Dum dums
Bank candy has no place during Halloween.
It's a bank candy prove me wrong. Credit: RNewsFoto/Spangler Candy Company 7. Tootsie Roll
Tootsie roll launched in 1896, when chocolate tasted like literal shit.
Is this even chocolate? Credit: Allsion Carter/Flickr 8. Hot Tamales
They're like little evil Mike and Ikes, and they do not deserve the title of candy.
This isn't candy. Credit: Ged Carroll/Flickr 9. Banana Laffy Taffy
There's just something awful about imitation banana.
Banana doesn't belong in candy. Credit: Chunkysalsa/Flickr 10. Twizzlers
It doesn't matter that Twizzlers are strawberry flavored, they're still licorice and licorice is not candy.
Not even for a straw. Credit: Julia Ewan/TWP CAPTION 11. Good & Plenty
They may look like drugs but they taste like licorice, and licorice is not candy.
Again, licorice is the worst. Credit: Wikipedia 11. Mary Jane
No thanks, Grandma. I'm not losing a tooth today.
The worst kind of mary jane. Credit: maya83/Flickr 13. Milk Duds
Milk Duds are the perfect candy if you want to pull caramel out of your teeth for 20 minutes, you sadist.
A dud of a candy. Credit: Mike Mozart, Flickr 14. Candy Necklace
Candy necklaces only look edible before you start eating them, but as soon as you take one bite, you're wearing a mess of your own saliva. And that first bite wasn't too good, either.
This is so gross. Credit: wikipedia 15. Rasinets
Raisins aren't good, and covering them in chocolate doesn't change a damn thing.
This is kinda evil. Credit: Mark Bonica/Flickr 16. Werther's
The only reason anyone would give out Werther's on Halloween is because they're 90-years-old and they completely forgot to buy candy so they're just giving crap away from their private stash.
Grandma no! Credit: Leonid Mamchenkov/Flickr 17. Mounds
Coconut has no place in candy.
?????? Credit: Wikipedia 18. Almond Joy
Neither do almonds.
????? Credit: Wikipedia 19. Lemonhead
Perfect for breaking a tooth while enjoying the lovely taste of chemical lemon.
Are we at a baseball game in the 1940s? Credit: Randy Heinitz/Flickr 20. Whoppers
It's not the 1950s anymore, can we please give up malted things that aren't alcohol?
Womp womp. Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr 21. Dots
Who likes lodging the stickiest candy on Earth into their teeth? Dots aren't worth the chew, unless you're trying to remove a loose tooth.
Dots are gross. Credit: MediaNews Group via Getty Images This article was originally published in Oct. 2019, and was updated in Oct. 2021.